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Modern Antennas and Microwave Circuits a Complete Master-Level i Modern Antennas and Microwave Circuits A complete master-level course by Prof. dr.ir. A.B. Smolders, Prof.dr.ir. H.J. Visser and dr.ir. Ulf Johannsen Electromagnetics Group (EM) Center for Wireless Technologies Eindhoven (CWT/e) Department of Electrical Engineering Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands Draft Version 0.5, March 2019 ii Contents 1 Introduction 3 1.1 Purpose of this textbook . 3 1.2 Antenna functionality . 3 1.3 History of antennas . 4 1.4 Electromagnetic spectrum . 7 2 System-level antenna parameters 9 2.1 Coordinate system and time-harmonic fields . 9 2.2 Field regions . 10 2.3 Far field properties . 11 2.4 Radiation pattern . 13 2.5 Beam width . 14 2.6 Directivity and antenna gain . 15 2.7 Circuit representation of antennas . 15 2.8 Effective antenna aperture . 17 2.9 Polarisation properties of antennas . 18 2.10 Link budget analysis: basic radio- and radar equation . 20 3 Transmission line theory and microwave circuits 23 3.1 Introduction . 23 3.2 Telegrapher equation . 23 3.3 The lossless transmission line . 27 3.4 The terminated lossless transmission line . 28 3.5 The quarter-wave transformer . 32 3.6 The lossy terminated transmission line . 34 3.7 Field analysis of transmission lines . 36 3.8 The Smith chart . 38 3.9 Microwave networks . 40 3.10 Power Combiners . 44 3.11 Impedance matching and tuning . 51 3.12 Microwave filters . 55 iii CONTENTS 1 4 Antenna Theory 59 4.1 Maxwell's equations . 59 4.2 Radiated fields and far-field approximation . 65 4.3 Electric dipole . 69 4.4 Thin-wire antennas . 72 4.5 Wire antenna above a ground plane . 80 4.6 Folded dipole . 81 4.7 Loop antennas . 82 4.7.1 Small loop antennas: magnetic dipole . 85 4.7.2 Large loop antennes . 86 4.8 Magnetic sources . 86 4.9 Lorentz-Lamor theorem . 89 4.10 Horn antennas . 99 4.11 Reflector antennas . 102 4.12 Microstrip antennas . 108 5 Numerical electromagnetic analysis 115 5.1 Moment of moments (MoM) . 115 6 Phased Arrays and Smart Antennas 123 6.1 Linear phased arrays of isotropic antennas . 123 6.1.1 Array factor . 123 6.1.2 Uniform amplitude tapering . 126 6.1.3 DFT/FFT relation . 128 6.1.4 Grating lobes . 129 6.1.5 Amplitude tapering and pattern synthesis . 129 6.1.6 Directivity and taper efficiency . 133 6.1.7 Beam broadening due to beam scanning . 135 6.1.8 Phase shifters (PHS) versus true time delay (TTD) . 136 6.2 Planar phased arrays of isotropic radiators . 138 6.3 Arrays of non-ideal antenna elements . 140 6.4 Mutual coupling . 142 6.5 The effect of phase and amplitude errors . 145 6.6 Noise Figure and Noise Temperature . 150 6.7 Sparse arrays . 153 6.8 Calibration of phased-arrays . 155 6.9 Focal-plane arrays . 157 2 CONTENTS Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Purpose of this textbook This textbook provides all relevant material for Master-level courses in the domain of antenna systems. For example, at Eindhoven University of Technology, we use this book for two courses (total of 10 ECTS) in the Electrical Engineering Master program, distributed over a semester. The book includes comprehensive material on antennas and provides introduction-level material on microwave engineering, which is the perfect mixture of know-how for a junior antenna expert. The theoretical material in this textbook can be supplemented by labs in which the students learn how to use state-of-the-art antenna and microwave design tools and test equipment, such as a vector network analyser or a near-field scanner. Several chapters in this book can be used quite independent from each other. For example, chapter 6 can be used in a dedicated phased-array antenna course without the need to use Maxwell-based antenna theory from chapter 4. Similarly, chapter 3 does not require deep back-ground knowledge in electromagnetics or antennas. The antenna theory presented in chapter 4 is based on the original lecture notes of dr. Martin Jeuken [1]. 1.2 Antenna functionality According to the Webster dictionary, an antenna is: i. one of a pair of slender, movable, segmented sensory organs on the head of insects, myriapods, and crustaceans, ii. a usually metallic device (such as a rod or wire) for radiating or receiving radio waves The second definition of an antenna is used within the domain of Electrical Engineering. An antenna transforms an electromagnetic wave in free space in to a guided wave that propagates along a transmission line and vice-versa. In addition, antennas often provide spatial selectivity, which means that the antenna radiates more energy in a certain direction (transmit case) or is more sensitive in a certain direction (receive case). Traditional antenna concepts, like wire antennas, are passive electromagnetic devices which implies that the reciprocity concept holds. As a result, the transmit and receive properties are identical. In integrated antenna concepts, 3 4 CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION where the transmit and receive electronics are part of the antenna functionality, reciprocity might not always apply. 1.3 History of antennas One of the principal characteristics of human beings is that they almost continually send and receive signals to and from one another. The exchange of meaningful signals is the heart of what is called communication. In its simplest form, communication involves two people, namely the signal transmitter and the signal receiver. These signals can take many forms. Words are the most common form. They can be either written or spoken. Before the invention of technical resources such as radio communication or telephone, long-distance communication was very dif- ficult and usually took a lot of time. Proper long-distance communication was at that time only possible by exchange of written words. Couriers were used to transport the message from the sender to the receiver. Since the invention of radio and telephone, far-distance communication or telecommunication is possible, not only of written words, but also of spoken words and almost without any time delay between the transmission and the reception of the signal. Antennas have played an important part in the development of our present telecommunication services. Antennas have made it possible to communicate at far distances, without the need of a physical connection between the sender and receiver. Apart from the sender and receiver, there is a third important element in a communication system, namely the propagation channel. The transmitted signals may deteriorate when they propagate through this channel. In this thesis only the antenna part of a communication system will be investigated. In 1886 Heinrich Hertz, who was a professor of physics at the Technical Institute in Karlsruhe, was the first person who made a complete radio system [3]. When he produced sparks at a gap of the transmitting antenna, sparking also occurred at the gap of the receiving antenna. Hertz in fact visualised the theoretical postulations of James Clerk Maxwell. Hertz's first experiments used wavelengths of about 8 meters, as illustrated in Fig. 1.1. After Hertz the Italian Guglielmo Marconi became the motor behind the development of practical radio systems [4]. He was not a famous scientist like Hertz, but he was obsessed with the idea of sending messages with a wireless communication system. He was the first who performed wireless communications across the Atlantic. The antennas that Marconi used were very large wire antennas mounted onto two 60-meter wooden poles. These antennas had a very poor efficiency, so a lot of input power had to be used. Sometimes the antenna wires even glowed at night. In later years antennas were also used for other purposes such as radar systems and radio astronomy. In 1953 Deschamps [5] reported for the first time about planar microstrip antennas, also known as patch antennas. It was only in the early eighties that microstrip antennas became an interesting topic among scientists and antenna manufacturers. Microstrip antennas are an example of so-called printed antennas which are metal structures printed on a substrate (e.g. printed-circuit-board (PCB)). Figure 1.2 shows some well- known antenna configurations which are nowadays used in a variety of applications. Reflector antennas, horn antennas, wire antennas and printed antennas all have become mass products. Reflector antennas are often used for the reception of satellite television, whereas wire antennas are commonly used to receive radio signals with a car or portable radio receiver. Printed antennas are also widely used nowadays, for example in smart phones. Printed antennas can be realized 1.3. HISTORY OF ANTENNAS 5 Figure 1.1: First radio system of Heinrich Hertz operating at a wavelength of about 8 meter [3]. Reflector antenna (Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope) Wire antenna Horn antenna Microstrip antenna Metallic patch h εr ground plane Figure 1.2: Some well-known antenna concepts. 6 CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION as two-dimensional structures on PCBs or as three-dimensional structures on plastic substrates. More recently, printed antennas have even been realized on chips in integrated circuits (ICs)[6]. Reflector antennas provide high directivity (spatial selectivity), but have the disadvantage that the main lobe of the antenna has to be steered in the desired direction by means of a highly accurate mechanical steering mechanism. This means that simultaneous communication with several points in space is not possible. Wire and printed antennas are usually more omni-directional, resulting in a low directivity. There are certain applications where these conventional antennas cannot be used. These applications often require a phased-array antenna. A phased-array antenna has the capability to communicate with several targets which may be anywhere in space, simultaneously and continuously, because the main beam of the antenna can be directed electronically into a certain direction.
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